My piece in The Conversation @africa.theconversation.com based on our recent article in @antiquity.ac.uk Read the original article here: doi.org/10.15184/aqy...

Our Digitising Desertification summer school continues this week at Newcastle University. We've had a fascinating introduction to declassified cold war satellite imagery from PhD student Jen Makovics.

Our Detecting Desertification summer school at Newcastle University continues with some training in writing machine learning algorithms using satellite images in Google Earth Engine

Day 2 of our Detecting Desertification sumer school at @newcastleuni.bsky.social Students practised using Google Earth Pro for digiting archaeological sites of all types, including these ancient gold mines alongside the Nile in Sudan. Satellite Image from Google Earth Pro Airbus 2025.

Day 1 of our Digitising Desertification summer school (Archaeology, Newcastle uni). PhD student Hope Irvine shows Newcastle students results of our new machine learning algorithms for detecting change to archaeology.

the calm before the storm...

News article on our new paper www.independent.co.uk/news/science...

A slave revolt, Mongol invasion, spread of plague and climate change. Find out how agricultural features in southern Iraq can teach us about all of these in this great thread, then check out the new Research Article in Antiquity 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...

Our new article published today in @antiquity.ac.uk focuses on interesting archaeological landscape features in southern Iraq. Groups of long linear earthen ridges sit on the banks of the Shatt al-Arab river in the Basra region, north of the shores of the Gulf… 🧵

Our latest article is out today. It describes results of remote sensing and OSL dating of archaeological earthworks near Basra in Iraq. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

A new paper with Google Earth Engine code on remote sensing of vanishing archaeology in Iraq from me, my students and our collaborators www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/14...

The waterways of the lower #Mesopotamian plains in today's modern #Iraq were one of the most important drivers of life, both urban and rural, in this environment for thousands of years. Water is the lifeblood of agriculture, urban development and trade. 1/6 #coastalhistory #maritimeheritage

Loads of news articles have just appeared on my recent research (that I co-direct) at Eridu, but none mention me... story of my career!

If you're involved in REF2029 preparation for your university re Outputs: @ref2029.bsky.social has published answers to Frequently Asked Questions re Open Access requirements. My personal favourite (relevant to so many aspects of life): 'Appropriate use of exceptions will not be penalised.'

A new paper of mine on Early Islamic water management is just out here

Cullercoats the other day

I might be biased but this is a fantastic #Science4Policy job opportunity for someone passionate about supporting evidence-informed policymaking and Europe's scientific community! Apply now (deadline 19 March)👇! www.egu.eu/news/1258/jo... #SciPolJobs #SciComm #SciCommJobs #Jobs #Geoscience

New paper from me and my colleagues on ancient irrigation at Eridu, Iraq www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

In Riyadh attending #cop16, presenting my research on using remote sensing to detect desertification in heritage oases and hosting a table in the UK pavillion

Tynemouth this morning

A webinar I am giving tomorrow with Dr Jaafar Jotheri on past and traditional water management in Iraq giap.icac.cat/seminars/

rdcu.be/dzE1J A recent paper from me, my team and collaborators on using remote sensing to detect desertification of traditional oases.

Bunny